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is very significant because this is again you know this is this dead balance after the election had romney won there would have been a little bit of hope because people would have then said hey let's give them a chance you know you've got to give them a chance even though of course he had no policy says speak of either so this is very interesting that we're going into this new year with really a lame duck or dead duck president that i've never seen happen before yeah great point yeah i mean that more should be in these these political idols is just absurd i mean it's really damaging i think to the political rhetoric and right now of course we're seeing a lot of rhetoric about syria saad about to use chemical weapons of course really reminiscent of the iraq war buildup and the iran war drums have been beating for about a decade now i mean do you think what do you think about two thousand and thirteen do you think this is the year that will finally intervene in these in these regions . you mean the nobel peace prize winner and starting another was somewhere like the wonderful humanita
is very significant because this is again you know this is this dead balance after the election had romney won there would have been a little bit of hope because people would have then said hey let's give them a chance you know you've got to give them a chance even though of course he had no policy says speak of either so this is very interesting that we're going into this new year with really a lame duck or dead duck president that i've never seen happen before yeah great point yeah i mean...
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going to do more or now they has a second term he doesn't need to worry about re-election or people thinking that he's going to do less because he doesn't care about re-election so what do you think what do you what do you see him specifically doing now that he's doesn't really have to worry about getting those votes you know he's doing more of the same you know i've been at this a lot a lot of years and i have to tell you i've never witnessed an election like this before there's been no post-election downs. the blood fell off the rose immediately after election day you saw the equity markets around the world and there's been nothing really since that has happened to have generated any hope or change we can believe in and i want to make this really clear for those of you don't know i'm a political atheist i don't believe in political religions i don't believe in their political god so when i look at events in issues it's so what they are and not the way i want them to big so what i'm saying this about obama is very significant because this is again you know this is this dead balance
going to do more or now they has a second term he doesn't need to worry about re-election or people thinking that he's going to do less because he doesn't care about re-election so what do you think what do you what do you see him specifically doing now that he's doesn't really have to worry about getting those votes you know he's doing more of the same you know i've been at this a lot a lot of years and i have to tell you i've never witnessed an election like this before there's been no...
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back i have to say it was a monumental year to say the least gyptian zz were able to democratically elect their first president the afghanistan war continues at no end the global war on whistleblowers as quoted protests erupted in europe over proposed austerity measures and of course we saw americans reelect president obama for a second term and while it's important reflect on the events that have defined this past year in history it's equally important to take a look forward so to talk about what we can expect in the next year two thousand and thirteen as it relates to war the global economy and much more i'm joined by gerald celeb day publisher of the trends journal and founder of the trends research institute carol thank you so much for joining me. my pleasure so in the cover of your autumn issue of the trends journal there's a photo of mitt romney and barack obama with a caption that reads the lesser of two evils i mean i hear people all the time tell me obama's going to do more or now they has a second term he doesn't need to worry about re-election or people thinking that he's going
back i have to say it was a monumental year to say the least gyptian zz were able to democratically elect their first president the afghanistan war continues at no end the global war on whistleblowers as quoted protests erupted in europe over proposed austerity measures and of course we saw americans reelect president obama for a second term and while it's important reflect on the events that have defined this past year in history it's equally important to take a look forward so to talk about...
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actions obama won the election but his work is cut out for along with other world leaders for the year to come a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging wild and he's now a party. it's been a busy year here on two thousand and twelve now of course we always love it when you get involved with our stories we always value your opinion you can tell us what group your attention the most to. post a tweet. before hearing your thoughts and reading some of the. coverage we approach midnight here in moscow. and they will join us for also online . to take a taste of their own medicine on our web site right now too many medics are piling on the pounds. example by having. junk food. calories. over the king of the french fry. claiming it's their invention. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year if the government and the opposition don't start talking of a chilling prediction came from the un's international peace envoy lakhdar brahimi also warned of the country would become a failed state
actions obama won the election but his work is cut out for along with other world leaders for the year to come a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging wild and he's now a party. it's been a busy year here on two thousand and twelve now of course we always love it when you get involved with our stories we always value your opinion you can tell us what group your attention the most to. post a tweet. before hearing your thoughts and reading some of the....
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obama won the election but his work is cut out for along with other world leaders to be here to calm a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging while he's now a part. but he can tell us what script to your attention most on r.t. this year post a tweet with hash tag r.t. recall your message for to hearing your thoughts reading some of them out during our coverage as we approach midnight here in moscow also on line few at the moment britain's got to busting doctors are being told to take a taste of their own medicine on a website now too many medics are piling on the pounds. example by having gastric bands and ditching junk food. so that calories are slashed off the british medics menu over the english channel. over that king of the carbs the french fry both belgium and france claim it's their invention head on line to see who's most convincing. one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year if the government and the opposition don't start talking a chilling prediction came from the un's international peace envoy brahimi als
obama won the election but his work is cut out for along with other world leaders to be here to calm a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging while he's now a part. but he can tell us what script to your attention most on r.t. this year post a tweet with hash tag r.t. recall your message for to hearing your thoughts reading some of them out during our coverage as we approach midnight here in moscow also on line few at the moment britain's got to busting...
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in line with polls and projections obama won the election but his work is cut out for him along with other world leaders for the year to come a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging wild and he's now a party. so i was gripped your attention this year you can tell us via twitter hash tag your messages with the recall to share your highlights of twenty twelve. northern ireland where an attempt to kill a police. by detonating a bomb under his car has been thwarted offices notice the device not far from the highs of parliament before calling in the disposal squad people were evacuated from a nearby church during the operation pro british lawyers have been rioting in belfast over the last two weeks after the union jack flag was taken down from my side big government building. two people have died and seven others are injured after a devastating landslide covered a highway in southwest colombia it's thought the death toll could rise as several cars are still trapped under the earth some three hundred emergency services personnel are on the scene wit
in line with polls and projections obama won the election but his work is cut out for him along with other world leaders for the year to come a rough economy growing discontent and conflicts either standing still or raging wild and he's now a party. so i was gripped your attention this year you can tell us via twitter hash tag your messages with the recall to share your highlights of twenty twelve. northern ireland where an attempt to kill a police. by detonating a bomb under his car has been...
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and mediator had and obama promised to be more flexible right after elections but from what you're saying how how how much flexibility he really be or allow himself to be with this republican opposition in congress well i think that's the peculiarities of the american system and in a congressman can freeze consideration of. very important issues just because the beef from his particular state is not being admitted one can through another for the senate the reasons and. the issues of global importance could be just frozen because of the. interest of one single state in the united states. and the interest having nothing to do with the substance of the issue in question so sometimes the issues of huge importance like the you know israeli palestinian conflict and the need to settle it being kept hostages for years and years. because of the peculiarity of the american electoral cycles we would prefer. to approach international issues on the basis of. merit and on the basis of the crying need to do something to get a result looking back at the or the mystic politicking or interests to be a lot
and mediator had and obama promised to be more flexible right after elections but from what you're saying how how how much flexibility he really be or allow himself to be with this republican opposition in congress well i think that's the peculiarities of the american system and in a congressman can freeze consideration of. very important issues just because the beef from his particular state is not being admitted one can through another for the senate the reasons and. the issues of global...
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to america's main political event the presidential election it was a tight race with runners neck and neck until barack obama convincingly beat his republican rival mitt romney well that competition overshadowed some third party candidates will have to struggle to get their voices heard what is going to. go to the white house. there were cheers of relief here when he won i would say because the alternative was thought to be so much worse many voted out of fear that romney could win for them he was another george w. bush so whether americans have fallen out of love with obama the two thousand and eight euphoria was gone that's for sure back then there were these crowds you know in the streets all across the country shedding tears of joy so bad in their view where the eight years of bush presidency obama was good as the savior and then he went to save the banks save the auto industry something he took a special pride in during the election campaign but across the country millions of people remained out of work and are still out of work so this time president obama ran under the banner i
to america's main political event the presidential election it was a tight race with runners neck and neck until barack obama convincingly beat his republican rival mitt romney well that competition overshadowed some third party candidates will have to struggle to get their voices heard what is going to. go to the white house. there were cheers of relief here when he won i would say because the alternative was thought to be so much worse many voted out of fear that romney could win for them he...
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then he went to save the banks save the auto industry something he took a special pride in during the election campaign but across the country millions of people remained out of work and are still out of work so this time president obama ran under the banner it could have been so much worse as you imagine it was not a banner for national euphoria it was more like you have no choice but to choose me kind of better something that shocked me while i was covering the election here it was it was the second debate between obama and romney i'm sure you remember you remember that as a presidential nominee from the green party jule styne was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from the debate and nobody like no news channel q. had mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the other big country was arrested in the media there wouldn't even mention it but apparently it hap
then he went to save the banks save the auto industry something he took a special pride in during the election campaign but across the country millions of people remained out of work and are still out of work so this time president obama ran under the banner it could have been so much worse as you imagine it was not a banner for national euphoria it was more like you have no choice but to choose me kind of better something that shocked me while i was covering the election here it was it was the...
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i was covering the election here it was it was the second debate between obama and romney i'm sure you remember if you remember that i just presidential nominee from the green party joel stein was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from the state and nobody like no news channel period mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the other big country was arrested in the media there wouldn't be even mention it but apparently it happens in the u.s. no big deal presidential candidates get arrested all the time right well there was some irony in that yes anyway during the election campaign the mainstream media had been focused on nothing else and no one else but these two candidates and we are t.v. as you remember of course saw the is saw an opportunity there to show what others don't and we hosted the debate. indeed we did our correspondent in washington d.c.
i was covering the election here it was it was the second debate between obama and romney i'm sure you remember if you remember that i just presidential nominee from the green party joel stein was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from the state and nobody like no news channel period mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the...
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the republicans last election to a black man in a lousy economy and he was he's very it was an ingrate it was an incredible race ok analysts but i want to ask all three of you i mean who do you think is the person of the year. i would say is this fifteen year old girl in pakistan who were attacked because she was trying to fight for girls being educated in pakistan and i have great respect for her and i think she should have been person of the year john you've got a person of the year hillary clinton it's a tough question no i don't think so you know. we were tempted to look at people in power when you think about personally year. but i had so arbitrary you know why not why not make myself a candidate ok we can consider that next year ok well how about you. i'm going to deal with obama i can't think of anybody because in america you know we have we have the a leg ocean and once the pacific ocean and the other side of mexico and canada we're so isolated you know it's not like paris where you know within fifteen hundred miles you get twenty three different countries and we're so isolated
the republicans last election to a black man in a lousy economy and he was he's very it was an ingrate it was an incredible race ok analysts but i want to ask all three of you i mean who do you think is the person of the year. i would say is this fifteen year old girl in pakistan who were attacked because she was trying to fight for girls being educated in pakistan and i have great respect for her and i think she should have been person of the year john you've got a person of the year hillary...
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he's in the white house for another i never on yahoo when israel has elections coming up as well and of course never a few months go by when netanyahu doesn't readily say but towards terror on what you guess. well in the sense that western countries are brutal and civilized enough to carry out an attack i think that that's clear to the iranians the fact that western countries are imposing sanctions on the bar go on and on iran trying to prevent iran from even importing and exporting medicine and food stuffs by blocking the central bank and there are shortages of some medicines right now in iran and people have died so the fact that the western countries are willing to kill ordinary people and to make people suffer i think makes it clear that the idea of carrying out an attack on iran is something that they would contemplate if they could but i think on the other hand the iranians believe that western countries are much weaker today than they ever were before the defeat in iraq and afghanistan setbacks in. israel had in lebanon and gaza make as well as the economic crisis in europe in
he's in the white house for another i never on yahoo when israel has elections coming up as well and of course never a few months go by when netanyahu doesn't readily say but towards terror on what you guess. well in the sense that western countries are brutal and civilized enough to carry out an attack i think that that's clear to the iranians the fact that western countries are imposing sanctions on the bar go on and on iran trying to prevent iran from even importing and exporting medicine...